Council of the Cherokee Nation - File #: CNCA-26

• File #: CNCA-26
• Version: 4
• Name: TITLE 26 - ELECTIONS
• Type: Cherokee Nation Code
• Status: Passed
• File created: 1/1/2014
• In control: TRIBAL COUNCIL
• On agenda: N/A
• Final action: N/A
• Enactment date: N/A
• Enactment #: N/A
• Title: TITLE 26 ELECTIONS (INCLUDES 2019 POCKET PART AND ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS: SEE HEADER)
• Sponsors: N/A
• Indexes: CNCA, Code, Election, Election Board Commisison, Election Commission, Election Law, Election Law Reform
• Code sections: Title 26 - Elections
• Related files: 24-082, 21-096, TMP-386, 20-056, 20-057, 20-058, 14-004, 16-025, 19-009, 20-089, 22-019, 22-028, CNCA, 24-052, 14-059

Title
TITLE 26 ELECTIONS (INCLUDES 2019 POCKET PART AND ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS: SEE HEADER)
Body
*NOTICE: This document is provided as a courtesy. This document includes amendments to the Title 26 2019 Pocket Part as listed below and have not yet been officially codified. To ensure accuracy, anyone using this document should compare it to the official amendments available at: https://cherokee.legistar.com/Legislation.aspx

Includes: LA 48-21, LA 14-22, LA 17-24, and LA 30-24


TITLE 26

ELECTIONS

Chapter

1. General Provisions

2. Supervisory Bodies and Election Commission Office

3. Qualifications and Registration of Voters

4. Qualifications of and Filing By Candidates

5. Disclosure of Campaign Finances

6. Conduct of Elections

CHAPTER 1

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Section

1. Purpose

2. Authority

3. Definitions (see also ? 41)

4. Tenure of elected officials

5. Representation by District

6 to 10. Reserved

? 1. Purpose

This Title is adopted for the purpose of conducting all Cherokee Nation elections, for Principal Chief, Deputy Principal Chief, Council, Constitutional amendments, initiatives and referenda of the Cherokee Nation.

LA 06-10, eff. February 23, 2010. Amended LA 46-12, eff. December 17, 2012; LA 04-14, eff. February 19, 2014; LA 12-16, eff. May 18, 2016.

? 2. Authority

This Title is enacted pursuant to Article IX, Section 1 of the Constitution of the Cherokee Nation ruled effective by the Cherokee Nation Supreme Court on July 26, 2003.

LA 06-10, eff. February 23, 2010. Amended LA 46-12, eff. December 17, 2012; LA 04-14, eff. February 19, 2014; LA 12-16, eff. May 18, 2016.

? 3. Definitions (see also ? 41)

For purposes of this Title, the following terms shall be defined as follows:

1. At-Large Registered Voter. "At-Large Registered Voter" means a person who is a Citizen of the Cherokee Nation, under the age of twenty-five (25) residing outside of the jurisdictional boundaries of the Cherokee Nation, who has not previously registered ...